Visa Applications

All resident expats had our visas cancelled, and replaced with emergency pandemic visas. There is no notice when this period of time will end. China is taking this coronavirus pandemic (as well as the swine flu, and tick flu that also hit China in 2019) very seriously. Very seriously.

I read that today the United States, state of Texas has opened up everythign and dropped all pandemic restrictions. Thus making the chances of a third pandemic wave highly likely. I am sure that China is taking note.

Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that things have any semblance of normal until Q3/Q4 - the end of 2021 or well into 2022. "Hopefully, by the time we start entering 2022, we really will have a degree of normality that will approximate the kind of normality we've been used to," Fauci said.

My guess is that the pandemic will ACTUALLY subside sometime in 2023-2024. Then afterwards, the visa system should open up and return to some state of normalcy. So I would expect that you should be able to take on the job position sometime around then. I guess.

I wish more countries could have acted like China. It’d would Have been over long ago. I can’t believe I still see people walking around not wearing masks. People pretending the pandemic is over are making it last eternally.

Meanwhile, the Shenzhen school terminated the contract, a Ningbo school offered me an interview (so they must be confident in my getting a visa), but I’ve accepted a job in Kuala Lumpur anyway. Their approach seems to be more pragmatic. They issue work visas just not travel ones.

Hi everyone,

The situation is equally frustrating for me. I happened to terminate my contract with my former company before 2020 Chinese New Year. I came to Spain to visit my family and was supposed to join a new company in Beijing.

Later on the pandemic began and I was not able to get a Chinese Visa, losing the job offer. Now I heard that those people that have got the Chinese vaccine are able to apply for a visa. However the Chinese vaccine is not available in Spain.

Do anyone know whether there is any country to which I could travel and purchase the Chinese vaccine?

Thank you in advance for the information.

Hello everyone,

After shutting border for more than one year, China relaxes its visa rules recently. It could be a positive signal for resuming international travel, especially for those who are eagerly getting back to teach in China.

The recent notice states that foreigners who have been fully vaccinated with Chinese vaccines are allowed to enter China for more purposes with fewer documents to apply. Those without Chinese vaccines may need to provide stronger reasons to enter China, or submit specific documents to meet the requirements.